4 things

1. 100 figurative dollars goes to the first person to tell me what is missing from this picture.

2. 100 figurative dollars to the person who comes up with the most appropriate compliment for this head band i just crafted.

3. these muffins are delicious (1 box of chocolate cake mix, one can of libby's pumpkin. bake 'em)

4. it's honey lime chicken again tonight. i told you i was going to do it again.

google maps

dear google maps,

i know you are the best, but i would really appreciate it if you would be more forthcoming when i ask you about near by hobby lobby locals. you made me drive nearly 35 minutes. there is a hobby lobby approximately 6 minutes from my house. why you gotta front?

kaity

cookies

this week is also built around mass cookie production. my dear friend and roommate carly is getting married very soon and that means that the people who know and lover her and her fiance get to eat a lot of cookies. this is what exactly one tenth of the cookies that i will make this week look like...

oh and incase you are wondering, "hey how did she get just red and blue m&ms in there? maybe she bought some of those pre-sorted individually packaged 7 oz bags of m&ms for 7$." if so, you would be wrong and also crazy to think that i would pay a dollar per ounce for m&ms. In fact, last night my good friend darcy was in town and helped me sort several huge bags of m&ms. surprisingly, there were a lot more blues than reds.

We are thinking about throwing a 70's party just so we can use the rest of the colors too. anyway, cookie dough-cookie sandwiches and my sincere appreciation were the only ways i could think of to repay her for helping with such a tedious job. thanks darcy, thanks cookie dough-cookie sandwich.

tuesday

today's marinade (and when I say marinade I really mean: things i find in the larson's cupboards as the chicken is already cooking) is a fancy tomato chipotle.

Find a can of "diced tomatoes with chipotle chillies" (I like western family, because 1. it is the only brand i have ever tried and 2. i've noticed that if, when giving a recipe on your blog, you insert your personal recommendations people will take your advice and in theory, respect you more). Continuing, put some cumin in there and some dried onions. put it on the chicken.

Ratings:

tastes: tiny spicy ones

nutrition: I think there is some high fructose corn syrup in the tomatoes. but other than that...

style: mexicano/a

presentation: looks good in a white bowl with some wheat bread

probability i will do this again: 4:5 (in ratio form) or 80 (if you like percentiles)

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

also, this song.

anniversary

This summer is the two year anniversary of my blog. I started a blog two years ago because I was home a lone for a week in logan and had gone days and days without any sort of outside human contact. not healthy. anyway, this week is very the same it seems. my "host family" as i like to call them (because it makes me either sound like a parasite or a foreign exchange student- both things i obviously aspire to) are away for the week and I am left here in the cottonwood heights. So, in honor of our anniversary, and in an attempt to not go crazy for lack of fun things, i would like to present a week of chicken marinades. this may seem strange, but if you know me well, you know that i enjoy chicken. usually i just cook it in a pan. no oil. no sauce, just a pinch of salt. but i'm realizing more and more that eventually i will have to cook for people who like food that tastes like something (wierdies).

Marinade number one: Honey-Lime

Instructions: Juice one lime. Juice one honey. Juice one soy sauce. Mix. Put on chicken.

Rankings

Taste: this taste tastes good.

Nutrition: mmm

Style: lots

Presentation: Medium

Probability that I will do this again: 100%

fourth

if only nevada was really made of strawberries...

this was one of the most fun fourth of julys ever. at first when i realized it was on the sabath, i was a little bummed, being in utah and all, i figured that there would not be much business happening. but what it really meant was that everyone in the salt lake valley picked a different day to do fireworks- friday through monday! last year i saw thee number one most amazing fireworks (in boston) so pretty much i've just consigned myself to being disappointed for the rest of my life- knowing that i will never see a more amazing display. however, the quality of last year's show was far out done by the mass quantity of fireworks we saw this weekend. i think our total firework show count was SIXTEEN. not kidding. friday night we saw 4 different shows from a grassy hill overlooking the valley. then saturday we went to sugar house and saw an AWESOME show. sunday we drove up the mountain a ways to get a good view of the whole valley- i think we saw some 10 different shows happening all at once. then on monday we went to a salt lake bees game. afterwords we sat out on the field and watched more fireworks. i have never been so close before. they were launching them from like 50 yards away. probably the highlight of the show was when we saw this huge mortar go super high, and then fall down without exploding... it landed on the grass a little ways a way from us and then went off. luckily no one was hurt. anyway- i wish i could find a way to express to you how crazy it was. mmmmaybe you could take a moment and close your eyes and imagine me saying "IT WAS CRAZY." that ought to do it. here is a picture of some fellow firework enthusiasts and myself.